Download or read book Timber Management Opportunities in Pennsylvania Classic Reprint written by Henry H. Webster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Timber Management Opportunities in Pennsylvania HE Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters serves the people in managing state forest lands and in helping private owners manage their forest lands. To produce more timber from Pennsylvania forests, the Department ap plies many different forestry practices. But the more effort it spends in one direction, the less it can spend in others. So the Department must make choices, seeking the directions by which it can gain the greatest possible increase in tim ber values for the money it spends. To help the Department find the most profitable di rections, we made a study to analyze some of the timber management opportunities that the Department has. This is a report on that study. Although the study was directed at timber production, timber is not necessarily the only value to be gained from Pennsylvania's forests. Recreational values are also im portant, and they could be improved for the benefit of the people of the state. 'water values are likewise important, and they too could be improved. But in the study we were concerned with producing more and better timber. Commercial forests occupy 15 million acres in Penn sylvania-53 percent of the state's land area. They supply more than three-fourths of the timber processed by timber based industries in the state. These forest industries em ploy nearly workers, pay wages and salaries totaling $250 million annually, and.by manufacture add values total ing $425 million each year (ferguson, Impressive as these figures are, an expanded volume of timber available for use would mean even greater benefits for Pennsylvanians, and these benefits would be for all Pennsylvanians-even those many people who have no direct connection with the forests. More timber means more wood products for consumers-more lumber, more paper, more build ing board, and more paper containers, to name just a few. Also, more timber would increase the income received by those who make a living processing these products. And it would increase the incomes of those who sell timber from their woods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book White Pine Under Forest Management Classic Reprint written by Earl Hazeltine Frothingham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from White Pine Under Forest Management States, New York, Pennsylvania, the Lake States, and southern Quebec and Ontario south of the Height of Land. In New England white pine seldom formed solid bodies of large extent, but usually grew mixed with spruce and other conifers and hardwoods. In several places, however, large pure stands of white pine were found. Great pine forests stretched along the valleys of the Connecticut and Merrimac Rivers and grew along the shores of Lake Champlain in western Vermont. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910 11 Classic Reprint written by Pennsylvania Department of Forestry and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry for the Years 1910-11 The city of San Diego in California, however, is wiser than the Pennsylvania cities, and has lately set aside as a municipal forest an area of nearly acres of land in a compact body, lying adjacent to the city, and which it proposes to use for the purpose of tree grow ing on those parts unsuited for the raising of any other crop, and for agricultural purposes all those portions which may be used for agriculture. It is the intention to improve the entire tract, and this is being done at the rate of about 250 acres per year. Young forest trees are being planted, and it is hoped that ultimately at least acres of the land will be put into permanent forest. The remaining acres will be devoted to agricultural purposes under the direction and management of the city. Here also is a new thought for a city to lease land to its citizens for agriculture. It is further the purpose of San Diego to establish a forest tree nursery at some suitable place on this tract for the growing of seed ling trees to sell to farmers and land owners throughout southern California for the establishment of woodlots. The aim is to grow a million seeding trees each year. It is further the plan of Mr. Watson, the forester in charge, to bring seeds from various parts of the United States and probably foreign countries, and test out their growth in California, thus learning their comparative value for use as new species of trees in growing California's future forests. Principally at this time they are concerning themselves with the eucalyptus, but other species will be needed for the more elevated and colder portions of the tract. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Profession of Forestry Classic Reprint written by Henry S. Graves and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Profession of Forestry During the last decade forestry in the United States has developed with remarkable rapidity. The inauguration of forest management on the National Forests, the activity of various States in public for estry, and the increasing interest of private owners in timber growing and protection have resulted in a marked demand for trained foresters. When active work in forestry first began there were no forest schools in the country, and those entering upon the work were obliged to go to Europe for technical training. In anticipation of the need for foresters, and in order to aid in the development of for estry, several progressive institutions established schools of forestry even before the demand for any considerable number of men was definitely assured. The first professional school was established at Cornell University in 1898. This was followed in 1900 by the Yale Forest School. Private instruction in forestry was given at Biltmore, North Carolina, by Doctor Schenck in connection with his work on the Vanderbilt estate as early as 1897, and a school for rangers was started by the State of Pennsylvania at Mont Alto, Pennsylvania, in 1903. Since that time instruction in forestry has been introduced in a large num ber of institutions. To-day there are 22 institutions which give courses leading to a degree in forestry, and about 40 others which include forestry in their curricula. It is estimated that there are fully 500 men in the United States with a greater or less degree of technical training, in addition to forest rangers who began without a knowledge of the technical side of forestry, but many of whom through their experience in National and State forest work under technical direction have acquired considerable knowledge of certain phases of the subject. There are probably about young men studying in the forest schools. Forestry may therefore be considered an established profession in the United States. Hundreds of young men are considering it as a life vocation, and are eager to be informed regarding the character of work involved, the elements necessary for success, the requirements for an adequate training, the present and probable future opportuni ties for work, and its possibilities as a means of livelihood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Black Forest Souvenirs written by Henry Wharton Shoemaker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Black Forest Souvenirs: Collected in Northern Pennsylvania As the result of this information a great long ing arose in him to visit the Black Forest, to see it with actual vision, rather than with the eye of faith. Every account of lumbering or hunt ing that had its location there which appeared in the county newspapers was eagerly read, and enlarged in the imagination; every person was questioned who might have views of any kind concerning it. But life with its strange deprivations with held this joy until the summer of 1898, when the writer was a young college student. But it was not too late, much of the Black Forest remained, in range after range of hemlock-clad mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies Proceedings for Integrated Pest Management Colloquium written by Robert D. Gale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies, Proceedings for Integrated Pest Management Colloquium: October 17-18, 1978, Grey Towers, Milford, Pennsylvania This colloquium marks the beginning of an extensive evaluation of Forest Service pest management activities. The colloquium focused on the state of the art and issues in integrated forest pest management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Cornell University Vol 4 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cornell University, Vol. 4: Progress of Forest Management in the Adirondacks; New York State College of Forestry Annual Report of the Director, 1900 During the year the first graduate of this College - the first graduate from any professional forestry school on this continent - has gone out and found ready employment with the New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission. In addition, four special students, graduates of other colleges, who had spent one year in pursuing forestry courses. Left the College, three of whom found employment with the Federal Forestry Division and one with a lumberman's firm. One most promising student in the freshman year was accidentally drowned during the summer, another was prevented from returning by business considerations, so that, at the beginning of the term, only ten of the seventeen students regularly inscribed during the previous college year returned. 4 This number has been increased to date by new registrations to twenty-five, as follows: Of these, fifteen, coming from the State of New York, receive their tuition free of charge the tuition fees of seven in freshman and sophomore courses, and post graduates taking forestry as a minor their instruction being mainly furnished by the University - goes to the University Treasurer, and the fees of three in the junior and senior years of the College. Maine, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, California and Russia are represented besides New York. Two of the post graduates are taking forestry as their minor subject for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy the third, holds this degree from Johns Hopkins University. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement written by Susan Rimby and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the life of Mira Lloyd Dock, a Pennsylvania conservationist and Progressive Era reformer. Explores a broad range of Dock's work, including forestry, municipal improvement, public health, and woman suffrage"--

Download or read book Pennsylvania Land Records written by Donna Bingham Munger and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1993-09-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most complete in the nation, beginning in the 1680s. Pennsylvania Land Records not only catalogs, cross-references, and tells how to use the countless documents in the archive, but also takes readers through a concise history of settlement in the state. The guide explains how to use the many types of records, such as rent-rolls, ledgers of the receiver general's office, mortgage certificates, proof of settlement statements, and reports of the sale of town lots. In addition, the volume includes: cross-references to microfilm copies; maps of settlement; illustrations of typical documents; a glossary of technical terms; and numerous bibliographies on related topics.

Download or read book National Forest Management written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Democracy and Education written by John Dewey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1916 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.

Download or read book Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers written by Ronald E. Ostman and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wood Hicks and Bark Peelers, Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell draw on the stunning documentary photography of William T. Clarke to tell the story of Pennsylvania’s lumber heyday, a time when loggers serving the needs of a rapidly growing and globalizing country forever altered the dense forests of the state’s northern tier. Discovered in a shed in upstate New York and a barn in Pennsylvania after decades of obscurity, Clarke’s photographs offer an unprecedented view of the logging, lumbering, and wood industries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They show the great forests in the process of coming down and the trains that hauled away the felled trees and trimmed logs. And they show the workers—cruisers, jobbers, skidders, teamsters, carpenters, swampers, wood hicks, and bark peelers—their camps and workplaces, their families, their communities. The work was demanding and dangerous; the work sites and housing were unsanitary and unsavory. The changes the newly industrialized logging business wrought were immensely important to the nation’s growth at the same time that they were fantastically—and tragically—transformative of the landscape. An extraordinary look at a little-known photographer’s work and the people and industry he documented, this book reveals, in sharp detail, the history of the third phase of lumber in America.

Download or read book The Agony of an American Wilderness written by Samuel A. MacDonald and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allegheny National Forest exists on what might have been the most heavily exploited landscape in the history of civilization. Careful stewardship over the last eight decades has transformed it into a beautiful forest that contains countless wildlife species and some of the world's most valuable timber. Local communities are steeped in pride for having written that unprecedented environmental success story. Unfortunately, the Allegheny is now the focus of a caustic new timber war that will ultimately test the limits of American environmentalism. No longer satisfied with protecting the pristine old growth that captured the national imagination in the early 1990s, activists have embarked on campaign to put an end to the Allegheny timber program. Litigation and protests have shaken the region for a decade. More recently, it has become a hotbed of eco-terrorism. But restoring the Allegheny to something activists accept will be far more difficult, expensive, and explosive than setting aside a few million acres for the northern spotted owl. This book examines the communities caught in the middle of that political crossfire and forces Americans to decide if they are ready to accept the new activist agenda: In their own words, 'If we can stop logging on the Allegheny, we can stop it everywhere.'

Download or read book Forest Management and Planning written by Pete Bettinger and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest Management and Planning, Second Edition, addresses contemporary forest management planning issues, providing a concise, focused resource for those in forest management. The book is intermixed with chapters that concentrate on quantitative subjects, such as economics and linear programming, and qualitative chapters that provide discussions of important aspects of natural resource management, such as sustainability. Expanded coverage includes a case study of a closed canopy, uneven-aged forest, new forest plans from South America and Oceania, and a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation. Helps students and early career forest managers understand the problems facing professionals in the field today Designed to support land managers as they make complex decisions on the ecological, economic, and social impacts of forest and natural resources Presents updated, real-life examples that are illustrated both mathematically and graphically Includes a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation Incorporates the newest research and forest certification standards Offers access to a companion website with updated solutions, geographic databases, and illustrations

Download or read book The Forest Ranger written by Herbert Kaufman and published by Resources for the Future. This book was released on 1967 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic. The Forest Ranger has been essential reading for generations of professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational behavior who are interested in the administration of public lands and how the top managers of a large, dispersed organization with multiple objectives like the Forest Service shape the behavior of its field officers into a coherent, unified program. Published as a special reprint in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Forest Service, The Forest Ranger is as relevant and timely today as when it was first issued in 1960. In addition to the original text, this special reprint of The Forest Ranger includes two new forewords and an afterword that highlight how much we have learned from Herbert Kaufman. The first foreword, by Harold K. (Pete) Steen, former president of the Forest History Society, considers the book's impact on the forestry community and explains its continued relevance in light of changes in the culture and mission of today's Forest Service. The second, by Richard P. Nathan, codirector of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, considers the book's contribution to our understanding of administrative and organizational behavior. The new afterword by author Herbert Kaufman describes how his landmark study came into being and offers a candid assessment of how his theories about the agency's operations and its future have held up over time. In 1960, the Forest Service had a well-deserved reputation for excellence, and The Forest Ranger was a seminal analysis of the hows and whys of its success. Kaufmanalso warned, however, that an organization so unified and well adapted to its environment would have difficulties navigating social change. He was right in his concerns: the environmental, civil rights, and women's movements have all presented challenges to the character and purpose of the Forest Service, ultimately changing the organization in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Now, as then, The Forest Ranger is a striking and prescient case study of how a complex organization operates and evolves over time.

Download or read book The Adult Learner written by Malcolm S. Knowles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field. The addition of two new chapters on diversity and inclusion in adult learning, and andragogy and the online adult learner. An updated supporting website. This website for the 9th edition of The Adult Learner will provide basic instructor aids including a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter. Revisions throughout to make it more readable and relevant to your practices. If you are a researcher, practitioner, or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without.

Download or read book Aesthetics beyond the Arts written by Arnold Berleant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the view that aesthetics is a study grounded in perception, the essays in this volume exhibit many sides of the perceptual complex that is the aesthetic field and develop them in different ways. They reinvigorate our understanding of such arts as music and architecture; they range across the natural landscape to the urban one; they reassess the place of beauty in the modern environment and reassess the significance of the contributions to aesthetic theory of Kant and Dewey; and they broach the kinds of meanings and larger understanding that aesthetic engagement with the human environment can offer. Written over the past decade, these original and innovative essays lead to a fresh encounter with the possibilities of aesthetic experience, one which has constantly evolved, moving in recent years in the direction of what Berleant terms 'social aesthetics', which enhances human-environmental integration and sociality.